Global migration declines -- report
Thu, 07/14/2011 - 07:51 by Shalini Thakur
The financial crisis has adversely hit immigration industry.
According to the recent findings by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, migration rate fell by 7 percent in year 2009 and the percentage is still increasing.
More than half of the international migration is seen among the developing countries, with India and china topping the list.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Secretary General Angel Gurria said, “International migration is at a turning point. As our countries try to force through a job rich recovery and build stronger, cleaner and fairer economies, we must analyze international migration through a new lens”.
“Temporary labor migration dropped 17 percent in 2009. The flow of illegal immigrants from Latin America to the United States also fell. But the findings are mixed. Legal immigration rose for example in Canada, Australia and the US”, he added.
European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malstrom has suggested long term policy for all the immigrants from North Africa who migrated to Europe.
The European Union has also set up measures for checking high rate of unemployment.
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